Turn out the lights, the party's over

[hrj]

The DISTAFF post-conference party was its usual pleasantly unwinding self, with lots of analysis, gossip, planning, and good munchies. It looks like I'll be putting in a proposal for a paper for next year (details if/when it firms up more). After that I did an airport run (Kalamazoo airport, that is) and had dinner with another late-stayer. I've reviewed all the comment threads on my session blogs to make sure I haven't left anything dangling. Now it's just a matter of hanging out for an hour or so in the lobby (where the wireless signal is reliable) then putting in a full night's sleep. I've plotted out that getting on the road by 7am should be sufficient, but what this means in reality is that at whatever point I wake up and it's light in the morning, I'll probably go ahead and leave. Ah, and a comment in another journal indicates that I still have one more social contact I can accomplish this evening!

Comments

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I'm not thinking so much musicology per se. My initial idea was more about practical performance topics as discussed back then. Which, admittedly, might make it interesting to find a track to fit it in. Also, as I mentioned above, I'm not thinking of presenting next year. 2011 or 2012 would be more likely.

My bachelor's degree came with minors in both theory/composition and music education; some of my early jobs had music ed as a significant component. My main academic thrust wasn't music, however; the college teaching portions of my career have been computer-related. I'm not interested in making a big career-furthering splash with this, so as long as I have the research to back up the paper, I'm not sure how much I'd care about the Q&A sharks.